The Yolo County board of supervisors voiced their support of the non-partisan reform organization California Forward. The group aims to address the fiscal and governmental issues affecting California by refocusing the way the state is run. California Forward’s stated mission is to “improve the quality of life for all Californians by creating more responsive, representative and cost-effective government.”

I’ve known Frank since grade school. When he tells me he wants to go to the open casting call for the reality-TV show “Survivor,” I’m neither shocked nor surprised. I’m not proud to admit it, but we’ve been watching that shit since we were 12. On paper, “Survivor” is a show where a group of strangers compete for $1,000,000 while stranded on an island by voting one another off until two are left. Once you get to the final two, you have to persuade the people you voted off why you deserve to be the last remaining survivor. Then they vote for who they think that actually is. Of course, we were too young back then to understand the backstabbing beauty of corporate culture in a yearly campaign to pervert natural wildernesses, one third-world country at a time. We just liked watching people lose it.

So while wasting the all-too precious winter break away (i.e. through browsing Yahoo! articles), I learned that the three most common New Year’s resolutions are losing weight, quitting smoking and drinking less. Although these facts caused some snickering on my part at the narcissistic nature of us Americans, it hit me that I have never even really bothered to have a New Year’s resolution in my 19 years of existence. (The elementary school ones when you make stuff up like “I will wash my dog better” don’t count. That probably wasn’t something to be very proud of, either.) This was enough to get me motivated to bust out a pen and paper – or rather, open a Word document – and attempt to write a list out.

TODAY Study Abroad Info Session: Most Affordable Programs Noon to 1 p.m. Education Abroad Center, Third and A streets You are invited! Learn about the cheapest programs offered and how you can even save money by studying abroad! H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinic 1 to 4 p.m. North Lobby, Student Health Center The H1N1 flu vaccine is available for registered UC Davis students at these clinics. Administration of the vaccine is on a first-come, first-serve basis.